"on a single, all-region disc for the British market: ""The Legend Of Prince Valiant: The Dream ∙ The Journey"" The Legend of Prince Valiant The Legend of Prince Valiant is an American animated television series based on the ""Prince Valiant"" comic strip created by Hal Foster. Set in the time of King Arthur, it is a family-oriented adventure show about an exiled prince who goes on a quest to become one of the Knights of the Round Table. He begins his quest after having a dream about Camelot and its idealistic New Order. This television series originally aired on The"
"will not be taking place as scheduled in 2009"", but eventually started at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 29 May – 5 June 2010. Phill Jupitus played King Arthur in the UK tour. Todd Carty played Patsy, assistant to King Arthur for the duration of the tour. Marcus Brigstocke made his musical theatre debut as King Arthur following Jupitus' departure. Jodie Prenger, Hayley Tamaddon, Amy Nuttall and Jessica Martin shared the role of The Lady of the Lake. The UK tour also featured for the first time a re-working of the song ""You won't succeed on Broadway"" which has been"
"success of some of these 1960s films helped to make up for ""London Town"", Britain's first Technicolor musical, which was a high-profile flop in 1946. ""Mary Poppins"" (1964) was a critical and popular success, winning multiple Oscars for its editing, music (including Best Song for ""Chim Chim Cher-ee""), and visual effects (notably the scene combining live action and animation). Lead actress Julie Andrews won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Also in 1964, Audrey Hepburn starred in ""My Fair Lady"", the film of the musical of the George Bernard Shaw play ""Pygmalion"". George Cukor's decision to award the role of"
"entered the No. 1 slot on Amazon and iTunes in Germany. The musical received positive to mixed reviews from critics, with many praising the score and choreography, particularly the battle scenes, while criticizing the plot for being predictable and lacking in character development. Patrick Stanke was praised for his performance as Arthur. Artus-Excalibur Artus - Excalibur is a musical loosely based on the legends of the 5th/6th-century British monarch, King Arthur and his fabled sword, Excalibur. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Robin Lerner and book by Ivan Menchell. Arrangements and orchestrations by Koen Schoots. The musical"
"Artus-Excalibur Artus - Excalibur is a musical loosely based on the legends of the 5th/6th-century British monarch, King Arthur and his fabled sword, Excalibur. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Robin Lerner and book by Ivan Menchell. Arrangements and orchestrations by Koen Schoots. The musical had its world premiere at the Theater St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland on March 15, 2014 Medieval Britain is torn apart by war. King Uther Pendragon begins to madly lust after the beautiful Igraine, despite the fact that she is married. Uther calls upon the otherworldly wizard, Merlin to assist him."
"Oliver! Oliver! is an English musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens. It premiered in the West End in 1960, enjoying a long run, and successful long runs on Broadway, tours and revivals, after being brought to the US by producer David Merrick in 1963. Major London revivals played from 1977–80, 1994–98, 2008–11 and on tour in the UK from 2011-13. Additionally, its 1968 film adaptation, directed by Carol Reed, was highly successful, winning six Academy Awards including Best Picture. A prominent musical in British popular culture,"
"Sherlock Holmes: The Musical Sherlock Holmes - The Musical is a musical based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. The story concerns a 1901 confrontation between Holmes and his old arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty; Moriarty's brilliant daughter Bella proves to be an even more determined (and beautiful) foe than her father. The musical opened on 22 October 1988 at the Northcott Theatre, in Exeter, England, and ran for a limited season of five weeks. It then played at the Cambridge Theatre on Seven Dials in London's Covent Garden area from 24"
"two other pluses in Bob Tomson's always energetic production, notably Mick Bearwish's vaulty, Thames-side set and Powell himself."" Sherlock Holmes: The Musical Sherlock Holmes - The Musical is a musical based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with music, lyrics and book by Leslie Bricusse. The story concerns a 1901 confrontation between Holmes and his old arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty; Moriarty's brilliant daughter Bella proves to be an even more determined (and beautiful) foe than her father. The musical opened on 22 October 1988 at the Northcott Theatre, in Exeter, England, and ran for a limited season of five"
"Légende du roi Arthur"" has been adapted by the Japanese theatre troupe Takarazuka Revue, who performed it at the Bunkyo Civic Center, Tokyo in September 2016. La Légende du roi Arthur La Légende du roi Arthur is a French-language musical comedy written by Dove Attia that premiered in Paris in September 2015. The show then toured through France, Belgium, and Switzerland. The show opens with Merlin gathering the people together to select the new king of Britain by pulling the sword Excalibur from a stone. All members of the nobility who attempt to remove the sword fail and a tournament"
"The Four Musketeers (musical) The Four Musketeers is a musical with a score by Laurie Johnson and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. It was developed from a book by Michael Pertwee loosely based on ""The Three Musketeers"". The musical premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on 5 December 1967. It was directed by Peter Coe. The sets were designed by Sean Kenny. Harry Secombe played D'Artagnan, with Aubrey Woods as Richelieu. Also in the original London cast were: Elizabeth Larner, Glyn Owen, John Junkin, Stephanie Voss, Jeremy Lloyd, Sheena Marshe and Kenneth Connor. The show ran for 462 performances."
"The Four Musketeers (musical) The Four Musketeers is a musical with a score by Laurie Johnson and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. It was developed from a book by Michael Pertwee loosely based on ""The Three Musketeers"". The musical premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on 5 December 1967. It was directed by Peter Coe. The sets were designed by Sean Kenny. Harry Secombe played D'Artagnan, with Aubrey Woods as Richelieu. Also in the original London cast were: Elizabeth Larner, Glyn Owen, John Junkin, Stephanie Voss, Jeremy Lloyd, Sheena Marshe and Kenneth Connor. The show ran for 462 performances."
"Musical Theatre. In June 2016 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's State Fair and Alan Menken’s A Christmas Carol were announced as the organisations first concerts. Three time Olivier Award winner Robert Lindsay and Carrie Hope Fletcher were announced to headline LMTO's production of A Christmas Carol on 25 November 2016. In February of 2017 it was announced that the organisation would present Jason Robert Brown's Broadway musical Honeymoon In Vegas, as a UK premiere, at the London Palladium. The production would star Maxwell Caulfield, Samantha Barks, Arthur Darvill, Rosemary Ashe, Nicolas Colicos and Simon Lipkin. Ashe and Barks previously worked"
"1998 , and a studio recording with Plácido Domingo singing the part of King Arthur was made in 2000, conducted by Albeniz-specialist conductor José de Eusebio. The success of the recording led to the first staging in its entirety in 2003, 101 years after its completion . It was premiered in Madrid's Teatro Real, with sets and scenography, conducted by José de Eusebio and directed by John Dew. The plot is essentially a retelling of Arthurian legend with some dramatic changes for the stage. Merlin (Albéniz) Merlin is the last of the operas of Isaac Albéniz. It is in three"
"casting included Ian Bartholomew as Vivian Van Damm and Mark Hadfield as Arthur. On 7 July 2015, it was revealed that Janie Dee had withdrawn from the production prior to rehearsals due to personal reasons and that Tracie Bennett would replace her in the role of Laura Henderson. Following completion of the musicals tryout in Bath, it was announced that the show would transfer to the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End, with an official opening night of 16 February 2016, following previews from 9 February. The majority of the cast reprised their roles with the exceptions of Mark"
"who played King Arthur. He first garnered a notice as John Dickinson in the acclaimed 1969 musical ""1776"" and as Liv Ullmann's leading man in the musical version of ""I Remember Mama"" (1979). On March 4, 1980 he replaced Len Cariou in the title role of Stephen Sondheim's ""Sweeney Todd"" opposite Dorothy Loudon. Later in 1980 Hearn and the show's original star, Angela Lansbury, headed the show's touring company, then reprised their roles for a Showtime production of the musical, which won him an Emmy Award for his portrayal. In 1983 Hearn created the role of Albin in the original"
"Davis, Jeffrey Segal and Lewis Stringer. Benjamin Britten's incidental music, played by the English Sinfonia, was used in the production, which was by Graham Gauld. BBC Radio 4 serialised the book in six one-hour episodes dramatised by Brian Sibley, beginning on Sunday 9 November 2014 with Paul Ready as Arthur and David Warner as Merlyn. The Once and Future King The Once and Future King is a work by T. H. White based upon ""Le Morte d'Arthur"" by Sir Thomas Malory. It was first published in 1958. It collects and revises shorter novels published from 1938 to 1941, with much"
"Nightingale (musical) Nightingale: A New Musical is a musical (described by the composer as a children's opera) in one act, with book, music and lyrics by Charles Strouse. It is based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, ""The Nightingale"", and tells the story of a Chinese emperor who learns, nearly too late, that wealth cannot buy happiness. The work premiered at the Buxton Festival and then in London at the Lyric Hammersmith beginning on December 18, 1982, with a cast including Sarah Brightman as the title character, Nightingale. In the U.S. a fully staged production of the show was given"
"not Lennon that was responsible for the break-up of The Beatles. McCartney blocked a proposed film version of the musical. John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert is a 1974 musical by Willy Russell based on the story of The Beatles. It premiered at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool in May 1974 where it ran for eight weeks and later moved to the Lyric Theatre in London in August 1974, where it ran for a year and was later named ""Best Musical of 1974"" by the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and London Critics'"
"La Légende du roi Arthur La Légende du roi Arthur is a French-language musical comedy written by Dove Attia that premiered in Paris in September 2015. The show then toured through France, Belgium, and Switzerland. The show opens with Merlin gathering the people together to select the new king of Britain by pulling the sword Excalibur from a stone. All members of the nobility who attempt to remove the sword fail and a tournament is organised in the hope of finding the one worthy to retrieve Excaliber. Arthur is a young groom in the service of his adoptive brother. When"
"Canterbury Tales (musical) Canterbury Tales is a musical originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, conceived and directed by Martin Starkie and written by Nevill Coghill and Martin Starkie. It was expanded into a full length musical and presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 21 March 1968 and ran for 2,080 performances. The music was written by Richard Hill and John Hawkins, with the lyrics by Nevill Coghill. There are two versions of this musical (""Canterbury Tales"" and ""More Canterbury Tales""), each making up about half the story. Martin Starkie was the first person to dramatise Chaucer's 'The"
"on October 6, 1964, playing to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as well as Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. The musical has also toured outside of Prince Edward Island. Its first tour was in 1967, visiting the major Canadian cities. In 1970 the musical represented Canada at the World's Fair in Osaka, Japan. The second national tour took place in 1974, at 34 venues; the third national tour was in 1982 with 9 stops. In 1969 it opened in London's West End and won that year's Drama Critics Award for Best New"
"King's Rhapsody King's Rhapsody is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall. The musical was first produced at the Palace Theatre, London, on 15 September 1949 and ran for 841 performances, surviving its author, who died in 1951. It starred Novello in the title role of the heir to the throne under pressure from his long-lived mother, Queen Elana, to abdicate in favour of his infant son, with Phyllis Dare as his mistress Marta Karillos, Zena Dare as Queen Elana, Vanessa Lee as Princess Cristiane, Robert Andrews as Vanescu, and Olive Gilbert as"
"Criticism was also drawn to the decision to cast adults as the Golden Ticket winners instead of children, as well as the lackluster sets redesigned for Broadway. However, Christian Borle received widespread praise for his performance as Willy Wonka, even amongst negativity towards other aspects of the show. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical premiered in London's West End at"
"at the Cambridge Theatre and its Broadway premiere on 11 April 2013 at the Shubert Theatre. ""Matilda"" has received widespread critical acclaim and box-office popularity, winning seven 2012 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musicalat the time, the most such awards ever won by a single show. At the 2013 Olivier Awards, the show jointly held the record with the play ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"" before both were overtaken by ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" in 2017 with 9 awards, however ""Matilda"" still holds the record for most Olivier awards won by a musical, tying"
"The Smallest Show on Earth (musical) The Smallest Show on Earth is a musical based on the 1957 British Lion film, now in the StudioCanal film library, which starred Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford. The stage musical incorporates songs by Irving Berlin. It was the idea of director Thom Southerland, who wrote the script for the musical with Paul Alexander. The first production of the musical opened at The Mercury Theatre Colchester on 25 September 2015. The British Lion film is not a musical, so the principal difference between the British Lion film script by William Rose and John Eldridge,"
"Bernard Shaw's ""Pygmalion"" starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, which at 2,717 performances held the long-run record for many years. Popular Hollywood films were made of all of these musicals. This surpassed the run of two hits by British creators: ""The Boy Friend"" (1954), which ran for 2,078 performances in London and marked Andrews' American debut, was very briefly the third longest-running musical in West End or Broadway history (after ""Chu Chin Chow"" and ""Oklahoma!""), until ""Salad Days"" (1954) surpassed its run and became the new long-run record holder, with 2,283 performances. Another record was set by ""The Threepenny Opera"","
"Black"" is the second longest running stage play. Written by Catherine Johnson, ""Mamma Mia!"" is the West End's longest running jukebox musical. Richard O'Brien's 1973 West End musical ""The Rocky Horror Show"" has been ranked among the ""Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"". Peter Shaffer's 1979 play ""Amadeus"" premiered at the National Theatre. Elton John composed the music for ""The Lion King"" (lyrics by Rice) and ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", with both running for over a decade on the West End. Eric Idle's ""Monty Python's Spamalot"" made its West End debut in 2006. ""Matilda the Musical"" (an adaptation of Roald Dahl's"
"mill-worker from the north-west of England, and Sokoto, a black slave from an American cotton plantation. Both are searching for their own freedom, but neither imagines that this journey will bring them together with such devastating consequences. The play is set to a moving live score of brass band music, provided by Ashton Under Lyne Brass Band and traditional spiritual music. The play starred John Henshaw, Israel Oyelumade, Paul Anderson and Cornelius Macarthy opened at The Lowry, Salford, United Kingdom, on 12 September 2007, before moving to the Liverpool Empire Theatre from 25 September 2007. King Cotton (play) King Cotton"
"was adapted by the BBC for radio several times. The musical premiered in the United States on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on 30 September 1964 and closed on 16 January 1965 after 125 performances. It was seen there by actor and former subaltern Basil Rathbone, who wrote to Charles Chilton that ""we were duped, it was a disgusting war"". Directed by Littlewood, the cast featured Spinetti and Murphy, plus Barbara Windsor. It received four Tony Award nominations: for Best Musical, Best Direction, Best Featured Actress, and Best Featured Actor, winning Best Featured Actor. Spinetti also won the Theatre World"
"came to an end. • Chaucer • Clerk of Oxford • Host • The Miller • Nun • Prioress • Squire • Steward • Sweetheart • The Wife of Bath • Alisoun • Cook • Friar • Knight • May • Merchant • Molly • Pardoner • Priest • Robin • Summoner Canterbury Tales (musical) Canterbury Tales is a musical originally presented at the Oxford Playhouse in 1964, conceived and directed by Martin Starkie and written by Nevill Coghill and Martin Starkie. It was expanded into a full length musical and presented at the Phoenix Theatre, London on 21 March"
"Lute Song (musical) Lute Song is a 1946 American musical with a book by Sidney Howard and Will Irwin, music by Raymond Scott, and lyrics by Bernard Hanighen. It is based on the 14th-century Chinese play ""Tale of the Pipa"" (""Pi-Pa-Ji"") by Gao Ming. Though not a great success, the show is significant for Mary Martin's meeting of then-unknown cast member Yul Brynner, whom she later recommended to her friends Rodgers and Hammerstein for the role of the Siamese monarch in the classic ""The King and I"", which premiered on Broadway in 1951. It was also the only Broadway appearance"
"premiere at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October 2017, before touring the United Kingdom over the festive period. The musical was announced on 17 November 2016, to make its world premiere at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 20 October to 12 November 2017, before touring to Southend Cliffs Pavilion (15 to 19 November), Sheffield Lyceum Theatre (22 to 26 November), Manchester Palace Theatre (29 November to 3 December), Plymouth Theatre Royal (6 to 10 December), London's Eventim Apollo (13 to 17 December) and Leeds Grand Theatre (20 December to 6 January 2018). The production is directed by Isitt, choreographed by"
"Dreamboats and Petticoats Dreamboats and Petticoats is a jukebox musical based on popular songs from the fifties and early sixties. The musical, featuring those songs of the rock 'n' roll era, is set around the years 1957 to 1963 and was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. It was first performed at The Churchill Theatre in Bromley, England, in February 2009, followed by a UK tour. This run received rave critical reviews and widespread audience acclaim. It subsequently moved to the Savoy Theatre in London's West End from July to September in 2009 and then returned to London in"